Talk:Castell Bryn Gwyn

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Failed verification?[edit]

@Richard Keatinge: Could you please explain failed verification? In the case of Coflein, there isn't a more reliable source on the topic. Cltjames (talk) 19:43, 4 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed. But the reliable references do not support the points. "In both the first and second invasions, the invading forces destroyed Castell Bryn Gwyn (English: White hill castle, also called Bryn Beddau, or the "hill of graves") near Llanidan, Anglesey." This appears to be an invention by the The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868), probably based on Henry Rowlands's speculations. It is worthless. There is no reason to suppose that Castell Bryn Gwyn had any military significance to the Romans, though Coflein does describe it as probably defensible (Britain was not a peaceful place before the Romans arrived and defensibility may have been desirable at almost any time until the Roman conquest of Anglesey). Also "Until the Roman period (c. 4 AD), the hillfort was used for thousands of years by the local Celts." Actually the references don't say anything of the sort, and I note that the Proto-Celtic language only dates back to a thousand or so years BCE and Celtic languages weren't spoken locally until later than that. The Romans by contrast, didn't arrive until CE 60, so I've no idea where the mention of AD4 could sensibly have come from. And Tacitus also specifies that Agricola conquered Anglesey with British auxiliaries, no legion at all. I hope it's clear that the section I removed has no value. Richard Keatinge (talk) 20:16, 4 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

But I have reinserted the reliable references as appropriate. Richard Keatinge (talk) 06:54, 5 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]